--- title: When the King grew old and feeble, feeling that he was nearing his e… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When the King grew old and feeble, feeling that he was nearing his end, he wished to leave the crown to one of his three sons, but could not decide to which. Who acts: King. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg11027:10:2 # text = When the King grew old and feeble, feeling that he was nearing his end, he wished to leave the crown to one of his three sons, but could not decide to which. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 feeble feeble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 nearing near VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | the King | | | | | old *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **near** | past · progressive | King | King's end | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wish** | past | King | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the crown | one of King's three sons | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent crown=Theme to one=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **decide** | could | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent which=Topic | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/3/) - ↑ back to [Dummling and the Three Feathers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/)